Bottle-crate.



No.mnga PATENZTED Amr/,1903,

W. E. BROWN.

, YBOTTLE CRATE. y

APPLICATION FILED .TUNE 20, 1902. I

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" UNITED rSTATES PATENT OFFiCE WILLIAM EABROWN', OF LOS ANGELES,CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR TO BROWN- yWINSTANLELT MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF.LOS ANGELES, 'CALIFOR- NIA, A CORPORATION OF CALIFORNIA.

Y BOTTLE-CRTE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent 1 \T o. 724,796, datedApril '7, 1903;

Appiicaiion ined .Time zo. 190.2.`

To all whom) i?? Wawy concern: c'

Be itknown that I, WILLIAM E. BROWN, of Los Angeles, in the county'ofLos Angeles and State of California, have invented certain new.

and useful Improvement-s in Bottle-Crates; and I dohereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description ot the invention,such as will enable others'skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake-anduse xo the same.

This invention relates to that class of crates comprising two sections,one of which is designed to contain a bottle, demijohn, or'otherreceptacle and the other adapted to serve as I 5 a cover'therefor duringshipment and storage and as a pedestal on which such body portion may beswung to facilitate emptying the rheceptacle.

The object of myinvention is to-provide zo improved means-fordetachablylocking the hood to the crate. both when used as a hood andalso when employed as a'pedestal, and av further object is' toprovideimproved yiel'ding contacts for steadying the bottle or demiz5.john and avoid damage thereto by anyjar or concussion. Y

The invention will be hereinafter fully set forth, and particularlypointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinalsectional View showing the hood locked over the crate Fig. 2 is asimilar View with the hood. used as a ped. estal. Fig. 3 shows Vthelocking members- 3 5 Fig. 4 is a sectional view of one of the posts.

Referringl to the drawings, `1 designates a crate, preferably ofrectangular formation and consisting of a bottom 2, corner-posts I3, andsidebars 11. Within the crateis designed 4o to be placed a bottle ordemijohn, and to insure against breakage by jarring and at the same timeallow of ready insertion and removal I provide each of the posts 3 withupper and lower spring-pressed buttons 5, having outer coverings ofrubber or other` flexible material. As shown, these buttons,whose stemsare ,surrounded by springs 6, are designed `to it within recesses?,cutin the posts. On the bottom are pads or cushions 5o 8, whereon thebottle is designed to rest.

serial No. 112,524. on model.)

'- The posts 3 terminate at their upperends a short distance below theplane of the upper side bars. To opposite sides of the crate areAsecured Vertical plates 9, formed each with a longitudinal groove orrunway 10,r terminating at its upper and lower ends in holes l2.

13 designates the convertible hood-section, which is shown in Fig. 1 asa covering'for the crate' and in Fig. 2 asa pedestal therefor. Thecorner-posts 14 of this hood extend be- 6o yond the side bars 15, so asto fit within the corners of thekcrate, against the upper ends of theposts thereof, and thus hold the hood as against accidentaldisplacement.V At opposite sides the hood is provided with arms 65 16,formed with holes 17 near their outer free ends.

18 designates spring locking plates secured each at one end to the outersides of arms 16 and having at their free ends a lug 7o or pin 19, whichextends through holes 17 and into engagement with grooves or runways 10,and when the hood is moved to the upper or lower limit of travel suchpins extend into the holes at the respective ends of such runways. Whenthe4 pins are in the lower holes, the hood is locked to the crateandwhen in the upper holes said pins form pivot-bearings upon which thecrateis freeA to swing. To. disengage the pins from either set of holes,it 8o is only necessary tov move outwardly the free ends of thespringarms, which ends are curved for that purpose.

The hoodA being in the position shown in Fig. 1, (that assumed duringtransportation and storage,) is securely held as against lateraldisplacement by the ends of the cornerposts of the hood extending intothe corners of the crate, while pins 19Aare projected intoV the holes 12at the bottom of runways'lO. 9o When it is desired to convert thehood-into.

a pedestal, the operator takes hold of the free ends of spring-arms 18,enecting'the withdrawal ot' the pins 19 .from the lower holes 12 and atthe same time giving a slight upward A movement to the hood, which maythen be grasped at any convenient point and pulled upwardly, causing thepins to travel in the grooves or runways until they reach the upper endsthereof, when they will snap into roo the upper holes 12. The hood maythen be moved around a half-revolution on the pivots formed by the pinsuntil it is subjaeent frame 1, when the latter will be held in swingingrelation thereto to facilitate emptyingr the oontents of the bottle.

I claim as my invention- 1, The combination with the crate, of thereversible hood therefor, opposite plates secured to the erate havingvertical grooves or runways, and locking means carried by the hoodhaving spring-pressed pins movable in said runways and designed to beheld at the ends thereof, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with the crate, of .the reversible hood therefor,opposite plates secured to the crate having vertical grooves or runways,and holes at the upper and lower ends thereof, and locking means carriedby the hood having spring-pressed pins movable in said runways anddesigned to enter said holes when in line therewith, substantially asset forth.

3. The combination with the crate having plates at opposite sidesthereof formed with vertical grooves or runways and holes at the endsthereof, of a reversible or convertible hood having side arms in theplanes of said plates, spring-plates carried by said arms and havingr attheir free ends pins designed to work in said grooves and enter saidholes, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination with the crate having plates at opposite sidesthereof formed with vertical grooves or runways and holes at the endsthereof, of a reversible or convertible hood having side arms in theplanes of said plates, holes being formed in said arms near their ends,spring-plates secured each at one end to said arms, and pins carried bythe free ends of said spring-plates, extended through said apertures anddesigned to travel in said grooves and enter said holes, substantiallyas Set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

IVILLIAM E. BROWN.

XVitnesses:

ZENA B. WALES, C. L. BRIMHALL.

